Event Don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story takes place in an elite educational institution in Ontario in the future. The plot centers on John Rook, a new literature teacher whose life has recently changed dramatically. He has gone through his second divorce, and, in his own words, he is going through a midlife crisis. He decides to quit his beloved job in the computer industry and gets a job as a literature teacher, because he wants new emotions from life.

Inside the school, each student in the classroom has their own computer, which allows them to communicate with each other, send messages, and more. After talking with the school administration, Rook was instructed to monitor online bullying. He is able to read any student's forwarded messages, even the most explicit and personal ones, which will help him with his secondary work.

The gameplay is presented as a visual novel in a fantasy setting. Many elements in the passage are interactive, and the gamer also gets the opportunity to influence the further fate of the passage. The story takes place thanks to talking characters on a two-dimensional background with text superimposed on the interface. Observation of the environment occurs from the first-person view of John Rook. The user receives a notification every time a text message is created from students, which determines the further plot.